After winning three of four matches, including both singles, in leading the 1983 U.S. Walker Cup team to victory over the British and Irish at Hoylake — site of this year’s Open Championship, won by Rory McIlroy — Faxon flew from England to California to try to qualify for the U.S. Open.

Successful in that bid, Faxon was at Oakmont in June, where he was the low amateur in the tournament.

Playing in the final round on Sunday with D.A. Weibring, they were put “on the clock” for slow play just prior to teeing off on the 15th hole.

“It was Father’s Day, and my dad (Brad Sr.) was caddying for me,” Faxon recalled. “The tee box on 15 is near the landing area for the drives off 18. As we were teeing off, Arnold Palmer, who was on 18, hooked his drive toward us.

“D.A. and I then hit our drives and started motoring down the fairway. When I got to my ball, I didn’t see my father. I looked back, and he was still on the tee, watching Arnold — with my bag!”